xiii, 327 pages : 24 cm

"Constructing Social Theory discusses the nature of social theory and theoretical orientations. Organized by forty-three orientations in seven domains - exchange, power, adaptation/reinforcement, social bond, altruism, functionalism, and identity - the text includes a tutorial on how to identify an appropriate orientation and create a theory given a particular research question. Bell separates the theoretical orientation of causal logic from theory itself, illuminating the mechanisms of scientific revolutions, and the procedures of normal science, in which theories are developed using the logic of existing theoretical orientations."--BOOK JACKET

Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-322) and index

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